9781451608663-1451608667-Off Balance: A Memoir

Off Balance: A Memoir

ISBN-13: 9781451608663
ISBN-10: 1451608667
Edition: Reprint
Author: Dominique Moceanu
Publication date: 2013
Publisher: Touchstone
Format: Paperback 256 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781451608663
ISBN-10: 1451608667
Edition: Reprint
Author: Dominique Moceanu
Publication date: 2013
Publisher: Touchstone
Format: Paperback 256 pages

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Off Balance: A Memoir (ISBN-13: 9781451608663 and ISBN-10: 1451608667), written by authors Dominique Moceanu, was published by Touchstone in 2013. With an overall rating of 3.9 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent Off Balance: A Memoir (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.3.

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In this searing and riveting New York Times bestseller, Olympic gold medalist Dominique Moceanu reveals the dark underbelly of Olympic gymnastics, the true price of success…and the shocking secret about her past and her family that she only learned years later.

At fourteen years old, Dominique Moceanu was the youngest member of the 1996 US Women’s Olympic Gymnastics team, the first and only American women’s team to take gold at the Olympics. Her pixyish appearance and ferocious competitive drive quickly earned her the status of media darling. But behind the fame, the flawless floor routines, and the million-dollar smile, her life was a series of challenges and hardships.

Off Balance vividly delineates each of the dominating characters who contributed to Moceanu’s rise to the top, from her stubborn father and long-suffering mother to her mercurial coach, Bela Karolyi. Here, Moceanu finally shares the haunting stories of competition, her years of hiding injuries and pain out of fear of retribution from her coaches, and how she hit rock bottom after a public battle with her parents.

But medals, murder plots, drugs, and daring escapes aside (all of which figure into Moceanu’s incredible journey), the most unique aspect of her life is the family secret that Moceanu discovers, opening a new and unexpected chapter in her adult life. A mysterious letter from a stranger reveals that she has a second sister—born with a physical disability and given away at birth—who has nonetheless followed in Moceanu’s footsteps in an astonishing way.

A multilayered memoir that transcends the world of sports, Off Balance will touch anyone who has ever dared to dream of a better life.

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